Long-term Weight-Loss Seen with Gastric Bypass

UW Medicine Newsroom / October 3, 2017

Dr. Judy Chen

12 years – that’s how long benefits persist from the Roux-en-Y gastric-bypass weight-loss surgery, according to results of a multi-site U.S. study published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine.

“It doesn’t surprise me because gastric bypass is the gold-standard in weight-loss surgery,” said Dr. Judy Chen, a UW Medicine general surgeon fellowship-trained in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery, and board-certified in obesity medicine. Read more >>